The Kerala High Court on Tuesday criticised the legal heirs of late CPI-M leader M.M. Lawrence for continuing their dispute over the donation of his mortal remains to the Ernakulam Government Medical College for medical research and educational purposes.
“At least have some respect for the person who has passed away,” Chief Justice Nitin M.Jamdar said in an oral observation.
The 95-year-old veteran Communist passed away due to age-related issues on September 21 and since then the issue of donation has been a bone of contention between his three children.
While two of them stated it was their father’s wish to donate his body, another daughter Asha opposed this and demanded that he should be buried in the same grave as her mother.
Slamming the parties for this stalemate, the court said: “These are matters for the heirs to decide amongst yourselves. What is this? What kind of issues have …